Fire-hose reel.



C. E. MERCER.

FIRE HOSE REEL.

APPLIUATION FILED 00T. 13. 1919.

1,001,208. Patented Aug. 22, 1.911.

VIII/1114 lll/lll COLUMBIA PLANOURAPH C0., WASHINGTON. D. cA

CLARENCE.' OFy DENVER, COLCRADO.

i FIRE-HOSE REEL'.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 22, 1911.

Application filed October 13, 1910. Serial No. 586,860.

To all whom it may concer/n:

Be it known that I, CLARENCE E. MERCER,

a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Denver and State of 5 Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fire-Hose Reels; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in fire hose reels adapted for use in buildings and therefore stationary.

An important feature of my improvement consists in equipping the reel with a movable pin around which the hose is looped about centrally of its length preparatory to winding it upon the reel. By virtue of this arrangement the hose is wound double upon the reel, so that both ends are exposed, that is to say, the nozzle extremity as well as the end adapted to be connected with the standpipe for supplying water to the building. This makes it practicable to leave one extremity of the hose connected with the water supply pipe while the other extremity containing the nozzle is also exposed. Hence in the event of a re, or when it is desired to remove the hose from the reel, it is only necessary to grab the nozzle extremity thereof and move away from the reel in which event the latter will be rotated and the hose quickly unwound by virtue of the fact that the two half lengths are simultaneously removed from the reel. When the looped centra'l portion is reached, the pin with which it is connected swings upon its pivot and allows the hose to escape from the reel.

In order to prevent the reel from turning accidentally, the bracket upon which it is suspended is equipped with a breakable pin which passes through an aperture formed in one side of the reel. As the reel begins to unwind by virtue of the pull upon its nozzle extremity, the so-called retaining pin bends or breaks, releasing the reel.

While the reel may be supported in any suitable position, it is lpreferred to mount it upon a spindle carried by a' hanging or depending bracket. By virtue of this arrangement the hose is conveniently arranged 2-2 Fig. 1.

and located for ready removal in the event of a lire.

Having briefly outlined my improved con struction, I will proceed to describe thesame in detail, reference being made to the accompanying drawing in which is illustrated an embodiment thereof.

In this drawing: Figure 1 is a sectional view of my improved hose reel showing the hose in place thereon, one extremity being connected with the valve casing of the standpipe which supplies water to the building. Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken on the line Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1, but showing the hose detached from the reel. In this view the hose is broken away in order to indicate that it may be of the same length as indicated in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a vert-ical section taken on the line 44 Fig. 3.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all the views.

Let the numeral 5 designate the reel considered in its entirety, the same being suspended yfrom ya bracket 6 composed of two V-shaped members 7 which form the support for a spindle 8 which passes through the hub 9 of the reel. Surrounding this hub is a relatively sma'll drum 10, which is broken or interrupted as shown at 12. The reel is composed of two disk-shaped members 13 extending outwardly from the drum and separated by a space 14- within which the hose 15 is adapted to be wound. Pivotally connected with one side of the drum, as shown at 16, is a pin 17 adapted to enter a slot 18 formed in the opposite side of the drum when the pin is in a horizontal position.

In order to wind the hose upon the reel, the hose is looped as shown at 19, about midway of its length, and this loop is connected 1casing 21 attached to the standpipe 22; while the other extremity is equipped with a nozzle 23. After the hose is wound upon the reel, a readily breakable pin 24 is inserted through an opening formed in one arm of one of the V-*shaped brackets 7, and passed through a registering opening formed in one side of the reel. This pin is of suflicient strengthA to prevent the reel from turning automatically in response tothe weight of the nozzle and the opposite extremity of the hose, which otherwise would over-balance one side of the drum sufficiently to cause the nozzle to drop to the floor or other surface below. At the same time this pin does not offer serious resistance to the turning of the reel for the purpose of unwinding the hose when it is necessary to use the same. In other words, only a slight pull. upon the nozzle extremity of the hose will be necessary to start the hose to rotate and break the pin, as heretofore explained.

By virtue of the slot or break 12 in the drum 10, the pin 17 as well as the looped or bent end 19 of the hose is allowed to partially enter the drum, which is hollow, thus causing the outer convolutions of the hose to wind smoothly thereon, as indicated in Fig. 1 of the drawing.

Attention is called to the fact that when the pin 17 of the drum is in the hose retaining position, it protrudes through the inner extremity of the slot 18, while when the hose is pulled from the reel, as'indicated in Figs. 3 and 4, the pin drops downwardly out of the slot as indicated by the dotted arc 25 in Fig. 4. It will be noted that the slot is of sutlicient length to allow the pin to readily swing into and out of the same as circumstances may require.

In Fig. 4 the breakable pin 24 is shown detached from the reel, being bent out of the path of the adjacent side thereof during the operation of unwinding the hose `in the manner heretofore explained.Y Y

While my improved reel is specially adapted for use in buildings, beingmount- Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,V

ed on a stationary bracket, it must also be' understood that it may be mounted on portable structures, as lire wagons, VhosecartsY and other similar apparatus.

It is evident that the hose may be wound upon the reel'in either'direction, or so that the nozzle when the hose is completely wound, may hang fromv either side of the reel.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A re hose reel equipped with a pin pivot'ally connected at one extremity with one side of the reel and adapted to enter a slot formed in the other side of the reel, the` slot being of suflicient length 4to allow the pin to swing into and out of operative rela tion therewith, the pin being adapted to engage one extremity of the slot when in the operative position, for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination with a depending bracket, of a reel rotatably mounted thereon and equipped with a pin pivotallyV connected at one extremity with one side of the reel, the other side of the reel having a slot formed therein into which the opposite extremity of the pin is adapted to enter and engage one extremity of the slot when in the operative position, the extremity of the pin entering the slot being free to move out of the same to release the hose as the latter is unwound from the reel, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof l aflix my signal Witnesses:

A. J. OBRIEN, F. E. BOWINE.

Washington, D'. C. 

